Cleo H.

Cleo H.

@thecleo.de

Freelance translator (🇬🇧/🇯🇵->🇩🇪 | she/her) who loves yuri fiction. VdÜ member. DM me for inquiries! Made entirely from emotions and caffeine. No genAI, no bots.

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Yes, I will translate your Yuri/GL VN to proper German, and yes, I'll do it for free until further notice. I will help spread your art to a broader audience as I strive to become a part-time freelance translator for the most beautiful genre in the world. Let's spread the Yuri together!

Ich habe heute ein neues VN-Übersetzungsprojekt abgeschlossen und in diesem Fall kann ich es aus persönlichen Gründen kaum erwarten, bis es endlich veröffentlicht ist!

So we went to the pet supply store today and had like 500€ of scratchers and litter boxes and toys and trays and cat food and a pet carrier and the guy said we should wait till we got the 20% off coupon the animal shelter gives out when adopting a pet and bottom line is WE'RE GETTING CATS AGAIN AAAH

Einer der schwersten Teile beim Übersetzen sind für mich Sprichwörter. Es gibt zwar viele Äquivalente im Deutschen, aber manchmal findet man sie nicht so ohne Weiteres. Gut, dass es … *andere* Methoden gibt, um damit fertig zu werden. Man braucht nur eine Korrekturlesung dafür. 💦

Spoiler: Das japanische Übersetzungsteam hat den Teil mit dem Sprichwort einfach weggelassen. Gewitzt!

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For any patreon creators, I just received a fairly convincing phishing e-mail claiming there was a valid copyright dispute and I had to log in to resolve it. I'm probably not the only one, so stay safe out there.

Now what could possibly be printed on that English-learning video...? Is it something with 器 (tool, instrument)...? It has to be something related to education, right?

Well, no. 鈍器にもなる。 "Can also be used as a blunt weapon." No, did NOT see that one coming.💦

As someone who resorts to synthwave or lo-fi when translating (while anything with lyrics is a no-go for me as they're too distracting): What do the creatives here put on when you do your thing?

Ich verbringe *viel* zu viel Zeit damit, alberne Puns durch noch albernere zu ersetzen. Bluesky-exklusiv hier noch Platz 2: „Meine Lieblingsschokolade? Ritter Mord.“

Ah yes, the mid-2020's, when every prince in Japanese fiction broke their engagement and created a vengeful villainess who wouldn't have any more of their bs. You'd think these guys would learn eventually.

Yesterday I sat my own benchmark with a (quite good if I do say so myself) post on a comic. So now I'mma have to reach 200 likes by telling people about how I love translating stories about smooching girls to a language they probably don't speak (German, the Language Of Love™). Godspeed, me.

Hahaha, what? Whoever came up with that joke has just entered my book of heroes. You rule.

On a side note, I have to complete Please Be Happy just to make sure Juliet is fine, embrace her, pat her head and tell her that everything's going to be alright and to – please be happy. Whoever came up with *that* character is right next to the joke person in my book of heroes.

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Happy #portfolioday! My name is Jordan and I write yuri visual novels about trans women learning to love themselves through magical means—including tropes like genderbending, body swapping, and ghostly possession. All of my current games are completely free and available at sapphicore.itch.io

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Heute ist #portfolioday Ich bin Sven und schreibe Ich habe mittlerweile 4 Bücher veröffentlicht: shimmen.de Schreiben bedeutet mir sehr viel, auch wenn es nicht immer leicht fällt. Ich veröffentliche im Selbstverlag und schreibe stets genau das, worauf ich gerade Lust habe Schaut gerne mal rein

Wow, this was wild! Thank you all so much for the likes and reposts!🙏🙏

Cleo H.@thecleo.de

Hi, I'm Cleo and I translate Manga, light novels and visual novels (🇬🇧/🇯🇵->🇩🇪)! I'm especially fond of Yuri/Girls’ love, but feel at home with slice of life, horror and sci-fi as well. I'll translate indie devs’ GL VNs for free, just reach out! Mail: cleo@thecleo.de Discord: @itsthecleo #portfolioday

Hi, I'm Cleo and I translate Manga, light novels and visual novels (🇬🇧/🇯🇵->🇩🇪)! I'm especially fond of Yuri/Girls’ love, but feel at home with slice of life, horror and sci-fi as well. I'll translate indie devs’ GL VNs for free, just reach out! Mail: cleo@thecleo.de Discord: @itsthecleo #portfolioday

Hi, ich bin Cleo und übersetze Manga, Light Novels und Visual Novels (🇬🇧/🇯🇵->🇩🇪)! Meine Spezialität ist Yuri/Girls’ Love, aber ich fühle mich auch in Slice of Life, Horror und Sci-Fi zu Hause. Ich bin für Anfragen jederzeit offen. Mail: cleo@thecleo.de Discord: @itsthecleo #portfolioday

Even Introverted Gals Want to Look Cool hat die derbsten Kapitelüberschriften.

Und „Dem Mond das Gift, der Nacht die Medizin“ ist auch soeben ans Lektorat gegangen. Immer busy, die Cleo. Busy … und lebendig wie nie zuvor. 🥲

Ich habe den Korrekturlesungs-Build von A Tithe in Blood erhalten! Lang wird’s also (hoffentlich🙏) nicht mehr dauern, bis das Spiel auch mit meiner Übersetzung verfügbar ist. Vielleicht schaffen wir’s ja, dass dann auch überall Schnee liegt! Dann müsst Ihr mir aber berichten, wenn Ihr Yonehara seht.

Heiliger Strohsack, was *ist* das bloß für eine Schreibtechnik? Kolulus Stil zu übersetzen ist wirklich ein Brett, aber meine Güte – jeder einzelne Absatz ist es wert. Ich liebe Operation Eventide mit jeder Zeile immer mehr. 💖

No Visual Studio Code, I would very much like not to "Build with Agent", thank you very much. Geez, I've never seen a software so adverse to deactivating its AI features.

Kore Kaite Shine was a truly great show proper, but this guy, this FUCKING guy in this FUCKING throwaway joke brought a tear to my eye. It perfectly encompasses what the show - and art in itself - is all about. Who even gave that anime the right to be that insightful and wholesome?

I love Bluesky's For Me feed because it helps me discover so much amazing art, but sometimes it *really* evokes my impostor syndrome. Not regarding drawing skills (I know mine aren't great), but fandom, language proficiency and the likes. I should work on this even more and harder in 2027.

We used to have a fancy full-course meal at a restaurant on our last day of vacation, but instead I read like three manga and a good few hours of Please be Happy today and then cooked spaghetti for my wife and me. And no restaurant in the world could have put that smile she had on her face.

I can already tell that this is going to be an amazing series. I literally could not stop smiling and laughing throughout the first volume!

Und da ist es soweit, ich bin soeben glücklich gestorben.

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You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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In memory of the translator, Eien ni Hen. May she rest in peace.

@kolulu.itch.io hat mir gestattet, eine deutsche Lokalisierung von Operation Eventide anzufertigen! Eine extrem vielschichtige Bodyhorror-aber-auch-Slice-of-Life-mit-Yuri-und-Mahou-Shoujo-Story mit philosophischem Einschlag, die man gelesen haben muss, um sie zu glauben. Freut euch drauf!

Das Original hat um die 215 000 Wörter und ist damit fast doppelt so lang wie meine bisher längste Übersetzung von Salome's Kiss, also ... gebt uns ein paar Monate. :3 Es lohnt sich, versprochen.

Whenever I pick up a new Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid manga I've already forgotten who all these characters are, why they're all related to each other and what they were up to in the meantime. This series has become so convoluted, it's a prime example for this comic.

I'mma seriously have to drop it after #17. I don't care about half of these people who all just repeat the same old jokes. It's obvious coolkyousinnjya just wants to draw cute monster girls and boobs, so Mononoke Sharing's the title that should have gotten this trajectory. Shame being so stuck now.

Oof, do *I* have a girl boner for Bazu from Noman or what? How can one character tick all my boxes like that? She's practically Kuroko from Murcielago without being a completely obnoxious dickwad.

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In a time where lesbian art is under enormous pressure to be accommodating to the heterosexual view, shrinking it until it's invisible is just not interesting to me. We should be louder, and prouder, and refuse to go down without showing the complex and beautiful lives of sapphic love.

After a good night's pondering (that show really did a number on me) I now know what struck me as so odd in #sayonaralara 's ending. The theme of the show was love all along - Lara finding love, the premise being an unrequited love, love being destructive and bitter and healing, love, love, love.

Love also can come in many forms, shapes and people. It even led to one of the greatest anime lines of the year - "fuck the rules and live for love". The theme was practically shoved down our throats. Everyone was waiting for this show's grand conclusion on what love is.

Then the ending took all of that away without need or explanation. Nothing was left and love was never talked about again. It's a fuck you to the overlying theme that made you care about the show. It's like the Force being outlawed after blowing up the Death Star. Like the Muppets going blackface.

How to salvage Sayonara Lara in three easy steps: 1. Set a timer to 18:12, then start episode 12 2. When the timer goes off, close the player 3. Reminisce about what an insightful, wholesome show that was